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NCA hit with business improvement order, while operations continue to restart
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has been hit with a business improvement order from Japan’s ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT), while a second aircraft has now restarted services.NYK Group – NCA’s parent - said in a stock exchange announcement that the airline received the order to improve operations ...
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LOT Cargo logs on for CHAMP's Cargospot Quotes and DataAnalytics
Poland's LOT Cargo has signed for two new CHAMP products, Cargospot Quotes and DataAnalytics.LOT Cargo has purchased eleven Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, and has four more on order, to service its new transatlantic routes. Both products will assist sales and revenue teams in support of this rapid expansion in cargo ...
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Councils set for court challenge on Heathrow's third runway
A group of local authority councils around Heathrow Airport is to seek a judicial review of the UK government's support for a third runway at the London hub.The group has today (July 19) formally notified the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, that it will launch a legal challenge ...
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Kenya Airways helps rehome mistreated 'pet' lion cub
Kenya Airways has partnered with an international wildlife charity, Born Free, to airlift a one-year-old lion cub to the Big Cat Rescue Centre at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in South Africa.The cub, called King, was rescued from an apartment in Paris last summer where he was being kept illegally as ...
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Swissport integrating Aerocare in Australia and New Zealand
Swissport International is pushing ahead with the integration of the Aerocare organisation in Australia and New Zealand.Following the Aerocare acquisition in March 2018, the registered company name was changed to Swissport Australia as confirmed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.Eric Born, group president and chief executive of Swissport International, ...
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Hactl in the pilot seat for IATA's Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is the first cargo terminal operator (CTO) to complete a pilot for IATA’s Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit (SFOC).SFOC is part of the Smart Facility program which aims to provide total transparency on capacities and services offered by CTOs, by means of a ...
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Volga-Dnepr and CargoLogic sign huge commitment for 29 B777Fs and 5 B747s
Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding have today signed letters of intent to acquire 29 Boeing 777 freighters, and ordered five B747-8Fs.The deals were announced at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow and based on current list prices are valued at $11.8bn.The deal also includes the purchase of a crew pairing solution, and ...
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Delta and Korean expand partnership to cover cargo
Delta Air Lines Cargo and Korean Air Cargo are launching new transpacific cargo co-operation in connection with the implementation of their joint venture partnership.The partnership means the two carriers will be able to share space on each others aircraft flying between the US and Asia.The combined network formed by the ...
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Forwarder Dimerco targets India growth after MTO accreditation
Taiwan-based Dimerco has been awarded Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO) status in India, which it says will open up "new opportunities for growth" in the subcontinent.The MTO license will allow forwarder Dimerco to provide extended services to shippers, moving cargo from any land point in India to and from any destination ...
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Qatar Airways confirms B777F order
Qatar Airways has finalised its order for five B777 Freighters at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. The deal, valued at $1.7bn at current list prices, was announced as a commitment in April.The announcement was attended by the State of Qatar's Minister of Finance and Qatar Airways Chairman, Ali Shareef Al ...
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DHL orders 14 B777Fs to kick off Farnborough Airshow
DHL has placed an order for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters with purchase rights for seven additional freighters valued at $4.7bn based on current list prices.The order, which will double the size of DHL's B777 fleet, was unveiled at the opening of the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow.The order is in response ...
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Frank Yau to be Cathay Pacific's head of cargo sales for Hong Kong
Frank Yau is to become the new head of cargo sales Hong Kong for Cathay Pacific Cargo, taking over from Aaron Chan, effective September 2018.Yau worked for a number of freight forwarders before joining the Cathay Pacific Cargo sales team in Hong Kong in 2007.He has held a number of ...
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Amerijet switching to indexed fuel surcharge
Miami-based Amerijet International Airlines is changing its fuel surcharge calculation method to an indexed model, “in order to more accurately follow the fuel markets”.The all-cargo carrier’s vice president of sales and marketing, Derry Huff, said: “This will provide both Amerijet and our customers a fair and transparent methodology which will ...
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Korean Air Launches freighter services to Delhi
Korean Air will launch a three times a week Boeing 777 freighter service between Incheon and Delhi from July 17.The Asian carrier currently operates direct passenger flights from Incheon to Mumbai and Delhi, three and five times a week respectively.In a statement, Korean Air said: “The decision to introduce the ...
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WiseTech Global signs distribution agreement with 3Gtms
Global logistics solutions group WiseTech Global has signed an international distribution agreement with 3Gtms, a multi-modal domestic transportation management system provider.3Gtms’ transportation management system, 3G-TM, is a solution for mid to large third party logistics providers, shippers, brokers, forwarders and other non-asset based transportation companies that manages and optimizes the ...
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FIS publishes first airfreight futures forward curve
Freight Investor Services (FIS), which specialises in shipping derivatives, has published the first airfreight forward price curve, "beginning a new era of risk management in this $70bn freight market".FIS has spent 12 months working with index provider TAC Index to develop a "robust methodology" for the airfreight market which accounts ...
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Panalpina opens technology test bed logistics centre in Singapore
Logistics supplier Panalpina has opened a purpose-built logistics center in Singapore, constructed over six floors and with 25,800 sq m of usable warehouse space.Speaking at the official opening of the facility, Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen said: “Singapore is a very important consolidation hub for ocean and airfreight. The nation-state ...
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K+N to open pharma logistics hub in Chile
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) will open a pharma logistics hub in Santiago de Chile next month (August 2018) to benefit the growing pharma & healthcare industry in South America.The dedicated warehouse provides K+N’s temperature-controlled, door-to-door KN PharmaChain global network with an increased regional footprint.Ingo Goldhammer, president of K+N South & Central America, ...
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dnata celebrates 25 years of overseas operations
Ground handler and air services supplier dnata is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first overseas operation.The Gerry’s Group in Pakistan and UAE-based dnata "joined hands" in July 1993 as Gerry’s dnata to provide ground handling services at Karachi Airport. The joint venture has since grown to become Pakistan’s largest ...
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Footie fans flock to Russia as Heathrow cargo dips in June
Heathrow Airport celebrated “World Cup fever” with its busiest June on record for passenger numbers, as monthly cargo throughput fell 2.1% to just over 139,000 tonnes versus same period 2017.Cargo volumes for the UK, the European Union, the rest of Europe and Latin America saw relatively modest gains in June.African ...